WILMINGTON, Del. — Tesla Inc.‘s administrators agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit difficult their compensation by returning to the corporate the worth of three.1 million inventory choices, price $735 million, in accordance with a Monday submitting in a Delaware courtroom.
The settlement resolves a 2020 lawsuit by a retirement fund which holds Tesla inventory and challenged inventory choices that had been granted to Tesla administrators beginning in June 2017.
The settlement doesn’t influence the $56-billion compensation bundle of Elon Musk, which is being challenged by shareholders in a separate lawsuit that went to trial final 12 months. A ruling is anticipated quickly within the Musk case.
Shares in Tesla rose 1.7 p.c to $286.17 in afternoon buying and selling Monday.